Trump mandate

[Shaul]

The election results shows that Trump has won the electoral votes he will become President. He has also won the popular vote. In addition the Republicans have gained control of the Senate. So the question for the poll is, "Does Trump have a mandate?"

 

[metis]

What difference does it make as rules and laws don't limit Trump.

 

[Stevicus]

The election results shows that Trump has won the electoral votes he will become President. He has also won the popular vote. In addition the Republicans have gained control of the Senate. So the question for the poll is, "Does Trump have a mandate?"

Well, it appears he has won the electoral votes, so he will become President, along with the Constitutional powers and authority granted to that office.

But when you say "mandate," what does that mean? A mandate to do what?

 

[Shaul]

Well, it appears he has won the electoral votes, so he will become President, along with the Constitutional powers and authority granted to that office.

But when you say "mandate," what does that mean? A mandate to do what?

I am not defining it. Each respondent is free to define the term for himself.

 

[Esteban X]

I am not defining it. Each respondent is free to define the term for himself.

Making the question meaningless.

 

[Shaul]

Making the question meaningless.

Au contraire, it makes it either meaningful or meaningless solely based on what mandate means to you.

 

[Jayhawker Soule]

No, he has the trust of the majority of the electorate.

 

[Shaul]

No, he has the trust of the majority of the electorate.

So you are saying that a democratic majority of votes doesn't define a mandate.

 

[Alien826]

So you are saying that a democratic majority of votes doesn't define a mandate.

According to my definition, I would say he does have a mandate. The National Popular Vote gives it where the Electoral College doesn't. However, the margin of victory is still fairly slim, so it might be called a "weak" mandate.

 

[PureX]

The election results shows that Trump has won the electoral votes he will become President. He has also won the popular vote. In addition the Republicans have gained control of the Senate. So the question for the poll is, "Does Trump have a mandate?"

A mandate to do what? A mandate to ignore and disregard the people that did not vote for him?

 

[Subduction Zone]

A mandate would imply not just a clear electoral college win, but a strong win of the House. And that is still up for grabs as I write this. They will very likely maintain control of the House, making it more difficult for Democrats to oppose them.

 

[Jayhawker Soule]

So you are saying that a democratic majority of votes doesn't define a mandate.

I know you're trying to be clever, but there is no such thing as a mandate in the abstract. Rather, there is a mandate to do "X" - whatever "X" might be.

 

[RestlessSoul]

In the U.K. an elected government is considered to have a mandate to do whatever is in their published manifesto. Do presidential candidates have written manifestos? If not, presumably they can still argue that they have a mandate to do the things they said they’d do; which in Trump’s case leaves him free to try to undermine the legal institutions of his country.

 

[Subduction Zone]

In the U.K. an elected government is considered to have a mandate to do whatever is in their published manifesto. Do presidential candidates have written manifestos? If not, presumably they can still argue that they have a mandate to do the things they said they’d do; which in Trump’s case leaves him free to try to undermine the legal institutions of his country.

Sorry, we don't have those. Though it sounds like a good idea.

 

[Shaul]

I know you're trying to be clever, but there is no such thing as a mandate in the abstract. Rather, there is a mandate to do "X" - whatever "X" might be.

Wrong, because the "X" could be an abstract, such as the abstraction of being President.